Product Details

• Actors: Alan Oppenheimer, Marilyn Schreffler, Joan Van Ark, Keye Luke, Shepard Menken
• Directors: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kid's Classics
• VHS Release Date: August 23, 1989
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301781279
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,719 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat better than the usual Saturday morning fare!, May 17, 2003

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Reginald D. Garrard "the G-man" (Camilla, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thundarr the Barbarian [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While the animation from this early 80's 'toon is of the "Hanna-Barbara School of Animation" (although the show was produced by Ruby-Spears), the writing and plot situations made up for that discrepancy.

Set two thousand years in the future, "Thundarr" tells the tale of a planet gone topsy-turvy. After a comet passes between the Earth and the moon (in 1994, nonetheless), a major disruption occurs, causing earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves...yeah, all the Irwin Allen stuff. Thus, two millennia later, Earth is now in utter chaos with areas of mass destruction and a few exotic oases. For some reason, the catastrophe produces mutant creatures, human and animal, plus there is a rise in the use of magic (unexplained throughout the show's two year run).

Enter Thundarr, a barbarian that wields a mean "sun sword", his pal Ookla, one of those mutants mentioned earlier, and Ariel, a sorceress that looks mean in a pair of hot tights. This trio comes to the rescue of the downtrodden and the beset upon throughout the world. There are no terrors that they cannot overcome.

Hey, the world needs some heroes.

The first episode of the series was obviously influenced by the artwork of legendary comic artist Jack Kirby. That installment had a villain named "Gemini" that, like his name, had a dual personality (and a face that "turned" to reveal his other side). The show also sported a unique nemesis for Thundarr in the form of a "revived" Statue of Liberty using her torch as a "weapon of mass destruction".

Way cool!

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thundarr the Barbarian VHS, March 7, 2010

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John Farmer (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thundarr the Barbarian [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape was in excellent shape for a former rental. I would buy other tapes and DVDs from this seller when I see titles I would be interssted in comes up.Watching this tape brought back alot of good memories of my childhood.